
There aren't many names that cause as much trouble in the shady world of politics and scandal as those in the newly released files of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. A lot of people were busy with holiday celebrations, but a set of papers that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) released on Christmas Eve 2025 has caused a stir on social media.
The staggered release came after the DOJ missed a congressionally mandated deadline of 19 December 2025, set by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a bipartisan law President Trump signed in November 2025 requiring all unclassified records to be released within 30 days.